Relationships
Alex Wittenberg and
Relationships
Found on Twitter/X - relationships are the strongest correlate to happiness
ritualized, compulsive self-disclosure is not intimacy
it’s often a defense mechanism, one that masquerades as vulnerability but actually kills erotic charge, polarity, and mystery
shared experience, unspoken tension, and real-time attunement are the components of intimacy
it’s often a defense mechanism, one that masquerades as vulnerability but actually kills erotic charge, polarity, and mystery
shared experience, unspoken tension, and real-time attunement are the components of intimacy
Sebastian Ballister • Tweet
The Relationship-Centred City
relationshipsproject.org“The aim of each thing which we do is to make our lives and the lives of our children richer and more possible.”
— Audre Lorde
"What most of us are waiting for is someone else to really think you’re okay with all your warts, just the way you are." - Charlotte Joko Beck
Sara Campbell on Substack
Understanding Others' Emotions | Lisa Feldman Barrett
youtube.comA fantastic insight by Lisa Feldman Barrett: When someone expresses anxiety, the first thing you should do is ask: do you want empathy or do you want a solution?
Will 100% use this phrase going forward.
fantastic question